Middle East


Iran did not hit a US Navy ship near Strait of Hormuz, US official tells 'Post'

THE ‘USS Abraham Lincoln’ conducts US blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz, last month.

Hezbollah chief rejects direct talks with Israel, says move would 'serve Netanyahu and Trump'

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address from an unknown location, Jan. 27.

Iran expert: Tehran not yet under enough pressure to concede

A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026